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Desperate times call for desperate measures. More and more, my internet access is restricted to the PSP's web browser, making it almost impossible to post a sentence without taking a minute or two to write it. Thusly, my visits have been few and far between.The solution? Roackese!Now, I neither demand nor expect adoption of a new typing system/possible conlang, but I think the project will be entertaining. Besides, the intent is really more directed toward my being able to type quickly, than be able to come in and edit a Roackese post into english.

That aside, some of you may be asking why this is in the Cavern of Inane Natter, as opposed to something that might be a little more geared towards construction. I submit the following points:

1. It's 2:00 AM. I'm tired.2. I'm lazy3. Eventually, I'm hoping to get a little nonsensical Roackese conversation going.4. This:I often find people referring to themselves in first person, as intended. I myself, along with others, occasionally lapse into third person for little to no apparent reason. Why, then, do you rarely hear anyone use second person in referring to themselves, other than the sheer impracticality of it?5. I lied, there is no five, I just think ending a list of points on a four isn't aesthetically pleasing.

Why waste space typing two letters for the sound of one? Isn't that like some kind of anti-ligature?

For those of you who are unaware, Digraphs are what happens when two letters are placed next to eachother, and through the magic of english, combine to make one sound. In otherwords, Ch, Kh, Sh, Th, Zh, Ph, Ng, Ts, Dz.

Ph is already addressed by the letter F, so I'm going to go ahead and ignore it. Kh, Ts, and Dz are pretty well addressed by K, S, and J respectively, so despite the fact that there are more or less significant differences, I'm going to go ahead and ignore them too, especially because of their lack of use in english. As for Zh, I don't even know what the hell kinda sound that makes, I just know it's used somewhere, so I'll ignore it too!

That leaves Ch, Sh, Th, and Ng.

So, what non-vowel uncommon graphemes can the PSP, the cause of all this nonsense display? Ç, Ñ, and the German ligature, ß. Hmm, four sounds, three characters. Well, Ng is pretty different from the other three, so let's first assign Ñ that duty. Unfortunately, I don't feel I can seperate the three out, both because of their similarity and because I want to keep something availiable for when I do non-digraphical consonants. As much as I love the ß, let's go with Ç, seeing as how it actually has a lowercase.

Examples:

This - ÇisChew - ÇewSheep - ÇeepBach - Bak (this makes what I would call a kh-ish sound, though it is not kh)Chewing - ÇewiñPhoton - Foton

Well, that's about it for Digraphs, join me next random period of time for whatever it is I'll be doing then.

I would post something on here that has to do with the subject but quite frankly I don't even know what the subject is, or even if their is one. So until then after every session I will post random gibberish.

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"Now that I am older, the only thing I know for certain is that I know nothing for certain." -Artemis Entreri

"New things are like a new pair of underwear. At first it's constricting but then it becomes a part of you."- Garth Algar (played by Dana Carvey)

Looking elswhere on the PSP's somewhat limited character pad, thing, we find more symbols!Now:Ch is € in uppercase, (yes, I'm aware that's derived from an e instead of a C,) and ¢ lowercase.Sh is Ç and therefore also çTh is ¥, with no lowercase.Ng remains Ñ and ñTherefore, Chewing = €ewiñ

Again, laziness prevents me from actually posting reasons, but here it goes!Roackese was a relatively simple, phonetic vowel system.HOWEVER!Each Vowel comes in two flavors: Mint, and Strawberry... Actually Normal and Diacritical.Diacritical vowels are used to show seperation in pronounciation from other vowels.

Huzzabwaha? You are either quite mad or a genius... or a mad genius... or a mad druid. I'm not sure which yet. However, I am amazed. Reading this is like learning a new language. And I dont want to do it. So, I'm just gonna say: "Whoa." and continue on my merry little way. G'luck with all of this, I look forward to seeing it around the citadel.

Many of you may have, unfortunately, heard the words "more better." This is exactly the thing that leads to eyes/ears bleeding, if not the speaker/writer. In order to correct this, it is reduced the simply the latter, which unfortunately results in the word "gooder" and "goodest" (another cause of hemorrhaging,) but this system is more efficient, sticking closer to the heart of Roackese.

Let's test it out:Roackese is more efficient than English - Roackese is efficienter than English - Roakiez iz iefiçienter ¥en Ieñgliç.Roackese is the most efficient! - Roackese is the efficientest! - Roakiez iz ¥ie iefiçientest!